Stone Double Bastard to return in 2024

I might give this one a try for old times sake. Stone makes it fucking hard on their old fans at retail though. I recently saw their 27th anniversary dipa and thought maybe I'd give it a try...$17 for a 6 pack. Sorry Stone, but you lost that kind of cache a long time ago for me

 

Yeah, their pricing has gotten a tad bit ridiculous

 

I figure it this way....today I paid more than 4x the cost per ounce of a six pack just to get the same beer in draft format at a casual restaurant. The normal 6 pack price for the beer is $12, so the comparable restaurant price for the same volume is about $50. At that rate, paying $17 for a six pack of Stone's DB seems like a bargain....

 

Yeah, $17 for DB is a good deal (I forget what bomber pricing used to be, somewhere between 10-15?). I was more so thinking of their IPA releases these past few years, which I’ve tended to opt for single can purchases with those and am usually glad that I did.

 

Anyone remember those huge Bastard box bottles? I bought 3 or 4 and they were sub $20 a set.


Enjoy

 

Those were cool, I definitely picked up a couple whenever I saw them. I also miss the four packs of Oaked AB, solid beer

 

Ya, although I did really like one of their anniversary IPA releases a year or two ago. As I wrote my post about paying 4x the retail price for the privilege of sitting in a noisy venue with reliance on questionable service and "maybe" clean glassware and the whole driving while impaired thing, I realize I would much rather buy an overpriced 4 pk and enjoy it at home. I can pay $16-20 for a 6 pk or 4 pk and come out ahead on enjoyment and $$$

 

I’m definitely with you on that. It’s been increasingly difficult for me to justify going out to drink, especially without any decent breweries in my area.

 

Agreed, I really hope this is $17-18 a six pack and not just bombers. I'll buy a case and it'll be much cheaper than the 12 bomber case of yesteryear

 

Was not aware people were still doing that

 

I suspect we are paying these prices due to Greg Koch’s bad business decisions last decade. Saddens me as i was one of their biggest fans back in the day.

 

They really seem to have shot for premium pricing but they don't seem to have continued to deliver a premium product. It seems hard enough for reasonably priced national brands like SN to stay afloat, a brewery like Stone is choosing to compete directly in the higher end price category with tons and tons of local options and their stuff just doesn't seem to compete quality wise

 

I'll be getting a case of this for sure

Heading to Stone now to enjoy their Blackened Friday as i do every year.... and to pick up some Coffee Eugene someone brought me .
@unlikelyspiderperson i agree to a certain extent, but im coming from a very limited view as i have access to a taproom where i enjoy more shit than people that only have access to ( sadly) mass distro.

SN sucks too though...we don't get narwhal or porter.

 

These $18 a six releases I can’t pony up. I k is it’s not horrible prices but I just can’t. I walked past Xocho the other day. Double might get me to bite but I don’t know if I even see it. I do like all the Bastards and variations.

Enjoy

 

singles at TJs are ~ 2 bux

 

Sure, only issue is they don’t sell beer/wine here.

Enjoy

 

ouchies. hard to enjoy that.

save yo pennies for summertime as thats when DB will be seeing shelves

 

Oh how I've missed that boozy bastard. I'm not gonna get my hopes up of it finding it's way into upstate ny though.